Csaba Sos\u00a0<\/strong>to demand a change in approach.<\/p>\nThe following months featured absences from training although he did a lot of dryland training and it wasn’t until April that he returned to competition at the Hungarian Championships.<\/p>\n
Despite all this, the 24-year-old headed the Paris 200 semis in 1:52.72 and after 150m of the final, Milak appeared on course to retain his Tokyo title.<\/p>\n
Leon Marchand, however, drew alongside the Hungarian before accelerating into the wall in an Olympic record of 1:51.21 with Milak 0.54 adrift in 1:51.75.<\/p>\n
He roared back to win the 100 fly as he upgraded his Tokyo silver to gold.<\/p>\n
For Hosszu, who won three golds and a silver at Rio 2016, Milak was let down, his lack of endurance at the end of the race leading to defeat by Marchand and a direct consequence of his lack of preparation.<\/p>\n
She released an open letter to the Hungarian federation (MUSZ) on social media with Milak’s coach Bal\u00e1zs Virth, <\/strong>MUSZ president S\u00e1ndor Wlad\u00e1r\u00a0<\/strong>and team coach Csaba Sos<\/strong> in her crosshairs.<\/p>\nHer letter read:<\/p>\n
“After reading the Hungarian public, I don’t understand why journalists are being attacked, they only did their jobs and communicated the words of the president of MUSZ, the captain of MUSZ and the coach of Krist\u00f3f Mil\u00e1k.<\/p>\n
“There has never been a MUSZ leadership who has damaged the preparation of its best contender so much.<\/p>\n
“Bob Bowman (coach of Leon Marchand) knew months before the Olympics that his student had to prepare for the last 50 meters of the 200-meter butterfly, physically, but mostly mentally. In Paris, Bowman had to say only one thing to Marchand: “You trained the hardest in the world, you will catch up with Mil\u00e1k in the last 50, who trained hardly this year, you deserve the gold medal”<\/p>\n
“Unfortunately, this is not the first Olympic Medal which is not realized due to the leadership of MUSZ, but we hope it will be the last.<\/p>\n
“Mil\u00e1k is just the tip of the iceberg, let\u2019s think about it if they do this with the world record-holder and Olympic champion, what will the other competitors do?<\/p>\n
“The leadership of MUSZ did the exact opposite of what they were supposed to do. They didn\u2019t complete the \u201cjob\u201d and even got it cancelled.<\/p>\n
“After such insidious and spineless behaviour, the only decent step would be the resignation of the entire leadership. They need to move back from the battle field.”<\/p>\n
She added: “Already in my time there was a disagreement between the 80s generation and the leadership of MUSZ, this only became more effective with the next generation.<\/p>\n
“They should not be allowed to further damage Hungarian sport.”<\/p>\n